Candidates’ Energy Policies Akin to Putting Man on the Moon [MarketWatch]. Yeah, and what’s wrong with that? According to Scientific American, for a one-time investment of just over $400 billion — less than the cost of imported oil for one year, I suspect — America could completely replace our hydrocarbon and petrochemical energy system with clean solar tech. We SHOULD be thinking like JFK did for the exploration of space, and not limiting ourselves to debating whether to drill for new oil reserves in environmentally sensitive areas. Big change requires bid ideas. More than 35 years after the first OPEC oil crisis, it’s long past time for incremental action.
